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At last, an architectural and property firm that’s a true strategic partner

Property has become a complex business. Not only must potential buyers and investors meet the many regulatory requirements for development and construction, they must also work through what can be a multi-levelled business case.

Look to us to help you make crucial property investment decisions in complex environments. Our focus is on evaluating and creating the potential of property and spaces to support your wider business strategy. We help you understand the potential value of each transaction. Then we deliver intelligent, pragmatic solutions that represent the best value for each property investment case.

Having established viability, we use our considerable architectural expertise to create commercially successful environments. We bring a unique mix of business intelligence, creative design thinking and a track record of tangible commercial results to every project we work on.

RCG Realty adds specific property sales expertise

Our relationship with RCG Realty means we can deliver a fully integrated go-to-market solution. The experienced RCG Realty team can advise you on every aspect of selling, leasing, property management and property portfolio management.

Look to them for assistance with complex commercial negotiations and specialist consulting and strategy to assist your decision-making.

Making a measurable impact

We pride ourselves on delivering work that makes a measurable difference.

WithFarro, we took the concept of the farmers’ market and turned it on its head to deliver fresh local produce under one roof for an urban market. Not only is the look smart and sophisticated, but creating the trademark Farro centralised deli means customers can easily interact with staff and orientate themselves from anywhere, which noticeably enhances their customer journey throughout the stores.

Rotorua Central is a great example of how we work with our clients to unlock financial value. What was once an abandoned railway yard is now a powerful, regional shopping destination beside a vibrant CBD shopping and hospitality area. The success of this project proves that patience and vision can indeed bring about extraordinary transformation.

We helped AMI achieve their goal of being the first social, trustworthy, easy and helpful insurance offering by focusing on how we could make their environments as welcoming and interesting as possible. Their new look stores are now surprising and relevant, with retail-like intensity, meaning AMI is on their way to becoming the best “face to face” insurance offering in New Zealand.

You’ll find plenty more examples of the impacts our work is having here.

Leadership

Testimonials

Westpac

RCG played a key role in delivering new, innovative and commercially successful retails banks for Westpac.

In particular they provided key locational demographic research that formed the basis of our Auckland network developments strategy since 2009. RCG bought to our team a key understanding of customer insights and retail design expertise. They have an excellent grasp of retail behaviour and functional planning along with strong design creativity.

Murray DobsonHead of Property, Westpac New Zealand Limited

Z Energy

Z Energy worked with RCG as part of our shop upgrade program undertaken over the last two years during which they played a key role in delivering our new, innovative and commercially successful convenience stores.

RCG brought to our team a key understanding of retail insights & retail design expertise. They have an excellent grasp of retail behaviour and functional planning along with strong design creativity.

The result of their work contributed to tangible improvements to our business results. They championed an integrated approach to the customer experience across all channels, not just the environmental channels and their work has made a significant contribution towards Z Energy launching and differentiating itself in the Fuel Retailing market.

Leadership

John has vast experience in New Zealand’s property industries. He is a registered architect with degrees in both Architecture and Business. His expertise in commercial architecture, master planning and retail consulting is highly regarded. John is an industry leader, expert witness, award winning architect and past awards judge. John manages our property investor and asset owner clients.

John is a registered architect, property strategist, as well as an award winning designer. He has degrees in both Economics and Architecture. John has a national profile and is sought after for his expertise in commercial architecture and planning; including mixed-use, retail and medium density residential. John manages our residential and mixed-use clients.

With more than 25 years’ experience in market analysis, property consulting, negotiation and development management, Des is highly regarded for his property expertise. He is a licensed real estate agent, and has a Bachelor in Property Management and Valuation. Des is a leader in the industry and serves on the NZ Committee of Shopping Centres. Des manages our property clients.

Paul’s deep commercial expertise is called upon by property owners, developers and city councils. Paul is a registered property professional with vast experience in New Zealand’s commercial property industries. He provides retail and property consultancy including development management to many high profile property groups. Paul is a Judge of the Property Industry Awards and a Life Member of the Property Institute of New Zealand.

John holds a Master’s in Commerce & Economics. His expertise and experience is in property analysis and forecasting. John is widely recognised for his nuanced economic impact assessments and market studies, and in his role as a location strategist. He is also a media commentator and writer for TransportBlog. John manages our research clients.

Andy is recognised as a leading retail designer with international experience that has seen him working on major retail environments and brands across Australasia and Europe. Andy is a retail strategist and consultant, as well as an award winning designer. He has also exhibited work at the prestigious Venice Biennale. Andy manages our retail clients.